Safety evaluation of transgenic and genome-edited food animals

Ziyao Fan; Yulian Mu; Kui Li; Perry B Hackett

doi:10.1016/j.tibtech.2021.10.012

Safety evaluation of transgenic and genome-edited food animals

Trends Biotechnol. 2022 Apr;40(4):371-373. doi: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2021.10.012. Epub 2021 Nov 23.

Authors

Ziyao Fan¹, Yulian Mu², Kui Li³, Perry B Hackett⁴

Affiliations

¹ Genome Analysis Laboratory of the Ministry of Agriculture, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen 518120, China; State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China.
² State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China.
³ Genome Analysis Laboratory of the Ministry of Agriculture, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen 518120, China; State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China. Electronic address: likui@caas.cn.
⁴ Center for Genome Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA. Electronic address: hacke004@umn.edu.

PMID: 34836658
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2021.10.012

Abstract

There is an urgent need to reform the regulation of transgenic and genome-edited food animals. Now is the time to simplify regulatory safety guidelines based on science before it is too late to have these animals in place to meet societal needs in coming decades.

Keywords: commercialization; food safety; regulatory strategy.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Animals, Genetically Modified
Food Safety*
Genome*